Hopkinton News Evokes Death Weddings and Local Biz Moves
Obituary notes for Charles Bacon aged 90 at his son's Hopkinton home precede a Staples burial. Local couple Mr. and Mrs. J B McChristy celebrated their 50th golden wedding anniversary in Hopkinton with family from Oelwein Monticello and nearby towns. Business changes include Roy DeShaw taking Joe Moulton's meat market and grocery. DeShaw's assistant will be Robert McDonald. Other items cover fire calls, hospitalizations, travel, school events, and social calls across Hopkinton and surrounding communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Bacon
Ed Bacon
Staples
Minn
J. B. McChristy
M. G. Bryan
Roy DeShaw
Joe Moulton
DeShaw
Moulton
N. E. Loomis
Robert McDonald
DeWain Thompson
Shell
Frank Irish Jr
F. R. Tesar
Jean Ripple
Clarke Hall
Miss Briner
Gertrude Reeve
Elkader
Chicago
Joyce
Wheatland
Beitz
Anna Exigar
Frank Wilson
Monticello
A. R. Stanger
Billy Joe
Winthrop
Rachel Stanger
Easter services and church programs at Center Junction
Easter services will be held at the Presbyterian church Sunday at 11 o’clock with an Easter sermon by Rev. A Alyea, baptism, reception of members, communion, and a choirs program including Unfold Ye Portals, Hear Us Holy Father, The Dawn of a Wonderful Day, Christ Arose, Holy City, and Holy Hymn. The Presbyterian Ladies’ Working Band and Sunday school officers held meetings, discussed Christian service and a planned vacation Bible school, and announced upcoming events including Aunt Jerushy Steps Out rehearsals and a Fort Dodge convention delegation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
A. Alyea
Gounod
Wilson
Christ
Holy City
Dorothy Dreibelbis
Frank Himebaugh
Presbyterian Ladies
Peter Prahm
Fred Biere
J. F. Livingstone
Irving Eiler
Carrie Preas
R. Beall
Roy Bohler
Carl Heideman
Guy McDonald
T. E. Stanton
J. M. Moses
Bert Moats
Presbyterian Sunday School
Arnold Apland
Harry Chase
Ruth Hiler
Max Moses
Hollyce Chase
Mary Eleanor Dreibelbis
Irving Eller
Alyea
Christian Service
Apland
Alyen
Fort Dodge
S. W. Clark
Wyoming Scene Reports Car Crash and Local News
Richard Brownell is hospitalized in Anamosa after a wet highway skid near Wyoming left him with a sprained back and injuries. John Heasty suffered dazing bruises. other front seat passengers Robert Pelkey and Clair Felker were bruised. The rear occupants stayed in the car. Also noted: band director M. E. Hunt hired for rehearsals. eight Legion youths to Fort Des Moines. new auxiliary members. mayor and council swearing in. various appointments. engagement news for Grizelda Morse. Frank Edwards on flood control leave. Midland Home topic involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Brownell
Nelson Brownell
Wyoming
Mercy Hospital
Anamoss
Highway 64
Brownell
John Heasty
Heasty
Robert Pelkey
Clair Felker
M. E. Hunt
Anamosa Schools
Board of Education
Jones County
Bay State
Fort Des Moines
American Legion
State Department of the American Legion
Wanda
Norma Petersen
Helen Alden
Eleanor Herzberger
Anna Mae Tidman
Ernest von Sprecken
Ben Bahnsen
Adolph Benning
Arthur Jansen
R. J. Tidman
Des Moines
George Ireland
Merton Miller
W. E. Demoss
Theodore Becker
H. W. Behnke
Fred Storm
Storm
Demoss
Behnke
Miller
Becker
Opera House
August Ingwersen
A. D. Schhoff
Charles Wicker
Grizelda Morse
J. F. Tasker
J. W. Morse
Henry State
St. Louis
Miss Morse
Frank Edwards
W. E. Edwards
New Orleans
Los Angeles
Calif
University of of Town
Midland
Onslow News Highlights Local Appointments and Visits
At Monday town council, Melvin Ingwersen was named clerk and Sam McCarty marshal with Dr. C R Smith health officer. Mayor set committees for streets water and more. Residents include Mrs. Elias Anderson visiting Wyoming and Mr. John Krause visiting from Cedar Rapids. Rev Henry A Schmitt joined county ministerial association executive committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kennedy
St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Melvin Ingwersen
Sam McCarty Marshall
C. R. Smith
Street
Paul Paulsen
W. A. Hicks
Marvin Howardsen
W. K. Kennedy
Howard Willison
Elias Anderson
Wyoming
George Paulsen
John Krause
B. L. Wherry
A. A. Garnett
Clayton Garnett
Sigourney
Henry A. Schmitt
Ministerial Association
Monticello
Erma Bramer
Home Neighbors Club
Fred Bramer
Nettie Albery
Clara Chaplin
A. J. Orr
Stickley
Orr
Local social notes and club events around Wyoming Iowa
Social activities include lessons at Mrs. Peters Sievers home with Mrs. First and Mrs. Nowachek assisting, Easter poem readings, and a talk on Agriculture 25 Years From Now. Birthdays celebrated for Mrs. Eichhorn and Ivetta Bramer with prize cards awarded to Lubben and Wileys. Other gatherings cover M E church events, church cleaning, and O E S initiation plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Velma Lubben
Mildred Wileys
Baldwin
Old Society
M. E. Church
W. B. Curry
Emma
Harriet Alden
Sue Myers
Austin Flint
The
Lutheran Church
Betty Fishwild
Carpenter
George Fish
Gus von Sprecken
John von Sprecken
Henry von Sprecken
Luzerne
Armour Gould
Daughters
Dubuque
Gerald Mader
Relph Orth
Waterloo
Masonic Lodge
G. Gutensohn
Monticello
Cemetery Association
Prairieburg News Roundup Signals Winter Snowfall Impacts
A. J. Beranek, Mamie Henry, and local residents featured in social calls and visits. The Idle Not club postponement due to snow, plus fire at the Harry Lawrence farm, and high water halting a government project near Galena affect Prairieburg area life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Beranek
Prairieburg
Mamie Henry
Ardmore
Haley
Harvey Heiken
Lyle Hosford
August Monk
Gerd Tuetken
Clive Clark
Bud Reynolds
Monticello
C. A. McLaughlin
George Nordman Jr
Galena
Ill
William ‘Ehlis
Cedar Rapids
W. D. McLaughlin
Mathias L. Lawrence and Son
Castle Grove
Harry Lawrence
Lee Warner
Birth anniversary gatherings and community updates at Scotch Grove
Mrs. Everett Stickley hosted relatives and friends on Tuesday afternoon for her birth anniversary. W B Henrichs and daughter June visited the Albert Schrader home on Sunday. Max Schrader, ill with measles, is improving. Pauline Otten Ruth McNeilly helped present one act plays at Center Junction High School auditorium last Friday. Lester Rickels hosted guests at M P Paulsen home. Ruth Lange Loretta and Doretta Kray and Pauline Otten were among a large group confirmed last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Serbousek
Sunnycrest
Charles Moncrief
Mercy Hospital
Anamosa
Irving Eiler
Grant Eiler
George McDonald
Omaha
Neb
Buck
Ethel Courtney
Evelyn
Miriam
George Courtney
Cedar Rapids
Velma Tanner
David
Dean
Herbert Cox
Earlville
Ricka Hyde
William Bohler
Preston
Ted Bulgren
Bulgren
Hilabeth Reeve
Hopkinton
Leslie Balster
Scotch Grove
J. R. McNeilly
Harvey Townsend
Monticello
A. R. Connelly
Olin
John Livingstone
Frank Himebaugh
Roy Snell
Beulah Holm
Maquoketa
Peter Prahm
Jane DeShaw
Prahm
Everett Stickley
Community notices and meetings across local groups
Weekend activities include church services at the Presbyterian church on April 17 at 2 30 pm and a postponed Presbyterian aid society meeting from last week. The Women's Community club hosts on April 20 with local hostesses and talks on eradicating syphilis and road side first aid. Nearby, families relocate, training trips occur, and students travel for breaks in Kansas City and Graceland College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. J. Hughes
Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Aid Society
Everett Stickley
Cass
Clark
Anamosa
T. Collier
Emma Behnken
Earl Lehman
Olin
Women's Community Club
Henry Hedden
Katie Jacobs
Wilma Kuhns
Margaret Folkerts
Luella Oltman
R. N
Husman
Lorna Mae
Junior Reid
John Stahlberg
Mongoli
Propaganda In Rural Press Warned By Humboldt Republican
The Humboldt Republican notes that big business and political groups push propaganda into country weeklies. International famous writers offer popular columns at high prices to sway public opinion, and many small weeklies are succumbing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humboldt
Democracy Slipping in Red Oak Era Voice
The record laments erosion of liberties as executive power grows and democracy slides toward dictatorship. It warns of creeping bureaucracy concentrating authority in a single leader, signaling a chilling trend in national governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Oak Express
Also Mentioned on This Page
A. W. McDonald
Center Junction
Miss
Peter Praha
Jerushy
Donald McCray
Metz
Edwin White
B. Wrox
Dwight Mathes
Thelma Petersen
Ralph Martin
Iowa City
J. W. Livingstone
Lyle Thompson
David Dale
Mercy
Miva, W. A. Miche
South Seas
Jon Hall
Dorothy Lamour
South Sea Island
Monte Weiner
Samuel Goldwyn
Monte Theatre
Ray McAdams
Lansing
Mich
Mard McKinstry
Wyo
D.O. Sinclair
John D. Rockefeller
Express
A. B. Nichols
Clifton Abbott
Dick Naylor
Kansas City
Constance
Graceland College
Lamont
Surance
Chester A. Condit
Anne
McCormick - Deering
Schaffer’s Implement Store
Monticello, Iowa
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